Phil Blitz
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Ring name(s) | Bubblegum |
Billed height | 5 ft 6 in (1.67 m) |
Billed weight | 145 lb (66 kg) |
Born | June 20, 1984 Mobberley, Cheshire |
Billed from | Hubba Bubba Ville |
Trained by | AIWF-GB, Chris Curtis, Mark Belton, Keith Myatt |
Debut | 2002 |
Phil Blitz is a British Cruiserweight professional wrestler who is best known under the ring name Bubblegum. As Bubblegum, Blitz has wrestled in many independent promotions within the UK but he is perhaps best known for his work in the Nottingham based Norton British Wrestling, and his television exposer with Frontier Wrestling Alliance and Irish Whip Wrestling.
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[edit] Career
Blitz began training in August 2002 with the Stoke-on-Trent based Allied Independent Wrestling Federation-Great Britain (AIWF-GB) promotion run by Chris Curtis, Blitz's extra training came from the likes of fellow AIWF stars such as Mark "5 Star" Belton, Dirk Feelgood, Johnny Phere, Kid Kaos and the 20 year veteran Keith Myatt.
Bubblegum found his place as a break out star of the Nottingham based Norton British Wrestling promotion, having a long standing feud with Kris Travis over NBW's cruiserweight title since July 2005. On April 8, 2006, Bubblegum would pick up his first title winning a tag team tournament with Stixx to become the first NBW Tag Team Champions.
In late 2005, Bubblegum was given the chance to show off his highflying skills on television with the Frontier Wrestling Alliance as part of the FWA's Flyweight Division. Bubblegum would later be given more TV exposer, this time with Irish promotion Irish Whip Wrestling. Bubblegum continued to work for several other independent promotions during this time, forming a tag teams with lucha libre wrestler El Ligero; known as Hubba-Bubba Lucha, and in Garage Professional Wrestling with Dirk Feelgood as Bubble-Dirk.
On August 18, 2006, Bubblegum won a 9-Man Elimination Match at Real Quality Wrestling's Summer Brawl 2006 to represent RQW at British Under 23's Championship event on November 18 of that year.
[edit] Finishing and signature moves
- Juicy Fruit Driver (Feint back drop into a sit-out facebuster)
- Vanilla Thriller (Wrist clutch twisting suplex)
- Thundercracker DDT (Twisting DDT)
- Gob Stopper (Back drop counter into a sit-out mat slam)
- Bubble go-round (Standing/Running dragon-rana)
[edit] Championships and accomplishments
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- NBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Stixx
- Premier British Wrestling
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- PBW Tag Team Championship (1 time) - with Brad Fusion